Saving the Heart of Villages: Reinventing the Traditional Pub

Do we need an evolution of the rural pub to save it?

On Community, Memory, and the Quiet Shape of the Land

Following recent village events, I’ve found myself lately pining for a time I never knew. Not out of nostalgia exactly, but out of a gnawing sense that something once ordinary has quietly slipped from our grasp...

Back From The Brink: The Triumph of Operation Turtle Dove

Fed up to the back teeth with news of doom and gloom? The story of Operation Turtle Dove is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Slipping the surly bonds of earth: free flight with the birds

As if flying as free as a bird with a hang glider wasn't enough, sharing the air with birds of prey, the undisputed masters of flight, is a bonus when you venture into their domain of thermals, clouds, and mountain ridges.

Farming Well is a Civic Duty - and a British Tradition

With all the present pressures against the industry, why do farmers bother? I argue it's because we are part of the proud heritage of British agriculture that is distinctly progressive - both scientifically and politically

Gigrin Farm: A Wildlife Haven or Imbalanced Tourism Attraction?

Gigrin Farm draws crowds with its daily feeding of up to 600 red kites, but is this wildlife spectacle helping conservation or harming it? This article explores the ethical dilemma of artificial feeding and its impact on raptor behaviour and balance

Labour's industrial strategy: hard hats good, flat caps bad?

Sir Keir is right: steel is a national security issue. But so is food. Why does his government treat them so differently?

Home-reared Pork: a love-letter to pigs and pig-keeping

It's hard to justify keeping a few backyard pigs on financial grounds, but spending time around these strangely satisfying animals offers repayment of a different and richer kind.

Animal rights’ sex problem

A member of the Goldsmith family once told me that, in their opinion, the reason Zac and Ben got into animal rights was because it got them laid. Why does the wildlife business attract the oversexed and even the criminally perverted?

Debating Veganism: An Epic Showdown at Cambridge Union

A Scribehounder's experiences at the crucible of food wokery

When did meat become 'protein'?

Protein: growing disassociation from the wild and cultivated landscapes beyond our kitchen window.

Rural resilience rises after outback floods devastate Australia

Devastating floods have hit the heart of outback Queensland, submerging an area twice the size of the UK—stretching across half a million square kilometres.